Bates gets to know an art teacher; Coffey, Renko, LaRue and Washington bet on who can drive to work the fastest; Renko has to bust his favorite singer for cocaine possession; Goldblume is taken hostage by a militant on the edge of sanity bombarding his neighbors with a high decibel barrage of words

A runner trying to raise money for cancer research is victimized; Furillo begins to select personnel to conduct the internal investigation of corruption arising out of Keenan's death; Garibaldi's stabbing shakes the station house; Lee Cleveland comes to the end of his rope; and Buntz gives Hunter unsettling information about his latest love.